Hi, I want to write a function (not a method) that accepts either a hash/array, or a hashref/arrayref as its sole argument. Is this possible to implement? Using prototypes I can say 
 
sub myfunc (\[$@%]) {}

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and this will work for in the following cases: 
myfunc %hash;
myfunc @array;
myfunc $hashref;
myfunc $arrayref;

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but will not work for expressions that evaluate to hasrefs/arrayrefs, such as: 
myfunc \%hash;
myfunc \@array;
myfunc { key => 'value', key => 'value'};
myfunc [ 'value', 'value' ];

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Is there some way to have the best of both worlds and have both styles work? I was thinking about multiple dispatch or somehow wrapping myfunc in eval so that prototypes do not blow up, but I have no clear idea really how to go about it.

In reply to Function that accepts both hashes/arrays and hashrefs/arreyrefs by pshangov

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